The Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) approved a pumping allocation over objections from neighboring agencies and without any indication it will be approved by the state. … The Mid-Kings board approved a pumping allocation of 1.43 acre feet per acre of land, more than twice that of the neighboring South Fork Kings GSA, which is proposing .66 of an acre foot per acre of land for its farmers. South Fork and several other entities have objected to Mid-Kings’ allocation, saying it’s far too generous. … The uncertainty about state reaction is compounded by the fact that the state isn’t meeting with water managers in the Tulare Lake subbasin, which covers most of Kings County, because of a pending legal action.

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